WalletHub, the personal finance website, recently compared more than 500 of the largest cities in the U.S. and ranked them based on three key indicators of ethnic diversity, including ethnicity and race, language, and birthplace.
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McLean-based Capital One Financial Corporation and Discover Financial Services today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Capital One will acquire Discover in an all-stock transaction valued at $35.3 billion.
As of Monday, February 12th, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority have started offering interviews to conditionally approved Global Entry applicants departing the United States from Washington Dulles International Airport.
Brian Fleury, a 1997 state championship winning quarterback at Seneca Valley, is in his fifth season with the San Francisco 49ers and second season as the team’s tight end coach. This is the second time he will be going to the Super Bowl as a member of the 49ers staff (see our post from 2020 below).
Following his graduation from Seneca Valley, Fleury began his collegiate career at Maryland before transferring to Towson, where he played quarterback for four years (1999-2002) and earned a degree in sports management from the school in 2002. He and his wife, Natasha, have one daughter, Nadia.
“I’m so excited to share my first player edition shoe with Jordan Brand – the Air Jordan 38 Low “Cherry Blossom.” It’s an absolute honor to be the first Jordan Brand NIL athlete to receive a PE. Shout out to The District, my hometown!!” -Kiki Rice
Maryland Secretary of State Susan C. Lee wrote a letter to state election officials stating that former President Donald Trump will join Nikki Haley on the Republican primary ballot on May 14th for the 2024 Presidential election in the state of Maryland.
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Montgomery County was featured in the Weekend Update segment of Saturday Night Live last night, with the hosts poking fun at the crash through the Bethesda Whole Foods that occurred last week.
The National Weather Service’s (NWS) Weather Prediction Center has released its key messages for the January 6th and 7th winter storm that will bring a mixed bag of precipitation across the region.
When Sandra Hicks found out she was pregnant at 17 back in 1970, she knew the difficult decision to give her daughter up for adoption had to be made. She gave birth to a baby girl in a maternity home and was able to hold her for just thirty minutes.
Former Maryland Governor Martin J. O’Malley has been sworn in by Senator Ben Cardin as Commissioner of Social Security, to a term that expires on January 19, 2025.
The Baltimore Ravens have signed Montgomery County native Jake Funk to their practice squad after signing running back Melvin Gordon to their 53-man roster following a season-ending injury to running back Keaton Mitchell.